Six words: Ben Affleck, Ice Spice, Dunkin Donuts
Ben Affleck and Ice Spice join forces to bring some munchkins to the Munchkins
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The Patron Saint of Dunkin Donuts has blessed us with another television spot, this time featuring a special guest. So far in the Ben Affleck/Dunkin oeuvre, he’s been a man of the people, taking orders at the drive-thru window or patiently waiting in line for his own Dunks with the rest of the plebs. But this time, he’s the big shot behind the desk, coaxing a collab out of rising star Ice Spice.
If you’ve been keeping up with Affleck’s journey up the Dunkin corporate ladder, you may note that his Boston accent has gotten thicker along the way to be almost incomprehensible in his conversation with Ms. Spice. He is also hilariously preoccupied with authenticity, explaining in a previous ad that he wanted the ad to be “authentic and meta.” This time, he notes, “with social media, the kids, it’s gotta be authentic.”
Ice Spice can authentically bring her fans, the Munchkins, to the table, but she’s not that into Affleck’s other ideas. There’s a bit of a classic odd couple Gen X/Gen Z situation going on as Affleck attempts to “spit bars” at her and she reacts in silent horror. Elsewhere, Affleck purports a complicated algorithm for creating a new Dunkin beverage before the young rapper solves the crisis by dropping a munchkin on top of her iced coffee.
Yes, this is a commercial for what sounds like the brand’s most disgusting drink yet, the Ice Spice MUNCHKINS Drink. Feeling that “Pumpkin spice season has gotten a bit predictable lately,” the company decided to “create a new pumpkin obsession that only Dunkin’ can offer,” per a press release. It’s a frozen coffee with pumpkin munchkins blended in (an unverified graphic going around Twitter/X suggested there’s only a few pumps of coffee syrup total in the drink, making it sort of barely coffee at all).
“I’ve always been a Dunkin’ girl!” Ice Spice said in the commercial (and the press release). “Collaborating with Dunkin’ and Ben Affleck on this spot was a dream. The drink has a fun twist, a little something in the name for my fans, too. I can’t wait for everyone to try it.”
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Ben Affleck is good
I need another opinion on this, as I’ll admit I’m not familiar with Ice Spice.Recently I saw a video of this dude trying one of those “four options, one’s gotta go” situations with Ice Spice, Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, and Ice Cube.My question is, is she that good of a rapper to where the idea of that isn’t a complete joke?
She’s pretty big right now, but unfortunately, no. She’s kind of another Cardi B clone who was kind of a Nicki Minaj clone. But to be up there with some of the greatest rappers of all time? Not even close.
I mean, 1996 and 1997 took care of two of those options already.
Correction, Suge Knight took care of two of those options already.
Take your star and leave.
She is not.Maybe with time, we’ll see, but I don’t think anyone is seriously talking about her on that level. She’s just a new artist who came out of relative obscurity fairly quickly. She could be the next Nikki or the next Khia, nobody knows yet.
She was the one kicked out of the British 90s girl band for doing meth.
Why couldn’t we get this Ben Affleck 15 years ago?
Booze, probably.
Six more words: Valerie Bertinelli, corduroy, labradoodle, Klonopin, peristalsis.
I’m come clean—I’m not entirely sure what we’re doing here.
Is Affleck’s natural Boston accent really that strong or is he playing it up as a bit?
He either has to strongly suppress it in everyday life or really hams it up when he wants to. See also Matt Damon and Mark Walhberg.
His brother did it better: